Where Is Modulation Used?

Frequency modulation is widely used for FM radio broadcasting. It is also used in telemetry, radar, seismic prospecting, and monitoring newborns for seizures via EEG, two-way radio systems, sound synthesis, magnetic tape-recording systems and some video-transmission systems.

What is modulation and where it is utilized?

Modulation is simply a widely used process in communication systems in which a very high-frequency carrier wave is used to transmit the low-frequency message signal so that the transmitted signal continues to have all the information contained in the original message signal.

Where are modulator used?

Information can be added to the carrier by varying its amplitude, frequency, phase, polarization -- for optical signals -- and even quantum-level phenomena like spin. Modulation is usually applied to electromagnetic signals: radio waves, lasers/optics and computer networks.

Sarah Jenkins

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